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An SAT course is much more than clever techniques and powerfulcomputer score reports The reason our results are great is that ourteachers care so much about their students Many teachers have goneout of their way to improve the course, often going so far as to writetheir own materials, some of which we have incorporated into ourcourse manuals as well as into this book The list of these teacherscould fill this page

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1 The SAT, The Princeton Review, and You

2 Cracking the SAT: Basic Principles

Part II: How to Crack the Reading Test

3 The Reading Test: Basic Approach

4 More Question Types

5 Reading Drills

Part III: How to Crack the Writing and Language Test

6 Introduction to Writing and Language Strategy

7 Words

8 Questions

9 Punctuation

Part IV: How to Crack the Math Test

10 SAT Math: The Big Picture

11 Fun with Fundamentals

12 Algebra: Cracking the System

13 Other Algebra Strategies

14 Advanced Arithmetic

15 Functions and Graphs

16 Geometry

17 Grid-Ins

Part V: How to Crack the Essay

18 Reading and Analyzing the Essay Passage

19 Writing the Essay

Part VI: Taking the SAT

Part VII: Practice Tests

Welcome to Cracking the SAT! The SAT is not a test of aptitude, how

good of a person you are, or how successful you will be in life The SATsimply tests how well you take the SAT And performing well on theSAT is a skill, one that can be learned like any other The PrincetonReview was founded more than 30 years ago on this very simple idea,and—as our students’ test scores show—our approach is the one thatworks

Sure, you want to do well on the SAT, but you don’t need to let the testintimidate you As you prepare, remember two important things aboutthe SAT:

It doesn’t measure the stuff that matters It measures

neither intelligence nor the depth and breadth of what you’re

learning in high school It doesn’t predict college grades as well asyour high school grades do Colleges know there is more to you as

a student—and as a person—than what you do in a single 3-hourtest administered on a random Saturday morning

It underpredicts the college performance of women,

minorities, and disadvantaged students Historically,

women have done better than men in college but worse on theSAT For a test that is used to help predict performance in college,that’s a pretty poor record

Your preparation for the SAT starts here We at The Princeton Reviewspend millions of dollars every year improving our methods andmaterials so that students are always ready for the SAT, and we’ll getyou ready too

However, there is no magic pill: Just buying this book isn’t going toimprove your scores Solid score improvement takes commitment andeffort from you If you read this book carefully and work through theproblems and practice tests included in the book, not only will you bewell-versed in the format of the SAT and the concepts it tests, you willalso have a sound overall strategy and a powerful arsenal of test-takingstrategies that you can apply to whatever you encounter on test day.

In addition to the comprehensive review in Cracking the SAT, we’ve

included additional practice online, accessible through our website

—PrincetonReview.com—to make it even more efficient at helpingyou to improve your scores Before doing anything else, be sure toregister your book at PrincetonReview.com/cracking When you

do, you’ll gain access to the most up-to-date information on the SAT,

as well as more SAT and college admissions resources

The more you take advantage of the resources we’ve included in thisbook and the online student tools that go with it, the better you’ll do

on the test Read the book carefully and learn our strategies Take thefull-length practice tests under actual timed conditions Analyze yourperformance and focus your efforts where you need improvement.Perhaps even study with a friend to stay motivated Attend a free event

at The Princeton Review to learn more about the SAT and how it isused in the college admissions process Search our website for anevent that will take place near you!

This test is challenging, but you’re on the right track We’ll be with youall the way

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Part I

Orientation

1 The SAT, The Princeton Review, and You

2 Cracking the SAT: Basic Principles

LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!

You are about to unlock a vast repertoire of powerful strategies thathave one and only one purpose: to help you get a better score on theSAT This book contains the collected wisdom of The PrincetonReview, which has spent more than 35 years helping students achievehigher scores on standardized tests We’ve devoted millions of dollarsand years of our lives to cracking the SAT It’s what we do (twisted as itmay be), and we want you to benefit from our expertise

WHAT IS THE PRINCETON REVIEW?

The Princeton Review is the leader in test prep Our goal is to helpstudents everywhere crack the SAT and a bunch of other standardizedtests, including the PSAT and ACT as well as graduate-level exams likethe GRE and GMAT Starting from humble beginnings in 1981, ThePrinceton Review is now the nation’s largest SAT preparationcompany We offer courses in more than 500 locations in 20 differentcountries, as well as online; we also publish best-selling books, like theone you’re holding, and online resources to get students ready for thistest

Our techniques work We developed them after spending countlesshours scrutinizing real SATs, analyzing them with computers, andproving our theories in the classroom

The Princeton Review Way

This book will show you how to crack the SAT by teaching you to:

extract important information from tricky test questions

take full advantage of the limited time allowed

systematically answer questions—even if you don’t fully

understand them

avoid the traps that the SAT has laid for you (and use those traps

to your advantage)

The test is written by and administered by the College Board, and theyknow that our techniques work For years, the test writers claimed thatthe SAT couldn’t be coached But we’ve proven that view wrong, andthey in turn have struggled to find ways of changing the SAT so thatThe Princeton Review won’t be able to crack it—in effect,acknowledging what our students have known all along: that ourtechniques really do work (In fact, the College Board has recentlyadmitted that students can and should prepare for the SAT So there!)The SAT has remained highly vulnerable to our techniques And thecurrent version of the SAT is even more susceptible to our methods.Read this book, work through the drills, take the practice tests, andyou’ll see what we mean

Study!

If you were getting ready to take a biology test, you’d study biology If you were preparing for a basketball game, you’d practice basketball So, if you’re preparing for the SAT, you need to study and practice for the SAT The exam can’t test everything you learn in school (in fact, it tests very little), so

concentrate on learning what it does test.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAT

You may have bought this book because you know nothing about theSAT, or perhaps you took the test once and want to raise your score.Either way, it’s important to know about the test and the people whowrite it Let’s take a second to discuss some SAT facts: some of themmay surprise you

What Does the SAT Test?

Just because the SAT features math, reading, and writing questionsdoesn’t mean that it reflects what you learned in school You can acecalculus or write like Faulkner and still struggle with the SAT The testwriters claim that the test predicts how well you will do in college bymeasuring “reasoning ability,” but all the SAT really measures is how

well you take the SAT It does not reveal how smart—or how good—a

person you are

Who Writes the SAT?

Even though colleges and universities make wide use of the SAT,they’re not the ones who write the test That’s the job of the CollegeBoard, the organization that creates the tests and decides how theywill be administered and used

The test writers are often criticized for the SAT Many educators haveargued that the test does not measure the skills you really need forcollege This led them in 2005 to overhaul the entire test, only torevise it all over again in early 2016 The important takeaway here isthat the people who write the SAT are professional test writers, and,with some practice, it’s possible to beat them at their own game

Wait, Who Writes This Test?

You may be surprised to learn that the people who write SAT test questions are NOT necessarily teachers or college professors The people who write the SAT are professional test writers, not superhuman geniuses, so you can beat them at